U.S.-Chile Workshop on Iron-Copper; Pucon, Chile, November 16-19, 1999

9905942玻璃这一美洲计划奖将资助5名美国科学家和2名博士后参加1999年11月16日至19日在智利普肯举行的关于铁和铜稳态的国际研讨会的旅费和相关费用。组织者是路易斯安那州立大学什里夫波特的乔纳森·格拉斯博士和智利大学的马尔科·T·努内斯博士。研讨会将与智利生物学会年会同时举行，旨在将对铁和铜运输和新陈代谢的分子方面感兴趣的科学家聚集在一起。人们注意到，尽管铜和铁的新陈代谢密切相关，但这两个领域的科学家很少交流。因此，更好地了解铁-铜相互作用将促进铁和铜代谢方面的知识，并将建立未来的合作研究途径。除了促进科学家之间的互动，加强国际科学合作外，研讨会还将使美国和智利的科学家和学生了解这一研究领域的最新分子发展。来自美国和拉丁美洲杰出实验室的该领域领先科学家的出席可能会导致研究工作的更紧密整合除了美国和拉丁美洲的参与者外，研讨会将聚集该领域领先科学家的全球会议，包括来自欧洲、以色列和日本的科学家。***

9905942GlassThis Americas Program award will support travel and related expenses for five US scientists and 2 postdoctoral students, to participate in an international workshop on iron and copper homeostasis, to be held in Pucon, Chile, November 16-19, 1999. Organizers are Dr. Jonathan Glass, Louisiana State University, Shreveport and Dr. Marco T. Nunez, University of Chile. The workshop will take place in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Biology Society of Chile, and is designed to bring together scientists with an interest in molecular aspects of iron and copper transport and metabolism. It has been noted that although copper and iron metabolism are intimately related, the scientists of both fields rarely communicate. Therefore, a better understanding of iron-copper interaction would foster knowledge in iron and copper metabolism, and would establish future avenues of collaborative research. Besides fomenting interactions between scientists, and strengthening international scientific collaboration, the workshop will enable US and Chilean scientists and students to become aware of the newer molecular developments in this area of research. The attendance of leading scientists in the field from both US, and outstanding Latin American laboratories is likely to lead to closer integration of research efforts In addition to the US and Latin American participants, the workshop will congregate a worldwide assembly of leading scientists in the field, including scientists from Europe, Israel and Japan. ***